Bacteria

See also: bacteria, bactéria, and bacterià

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”).

Proper noun

Bacteria

1. (in the three-domain system) A taxonomic domain comprising the single kingdom also called Bacteria, containing about 25 phyla.
2. (in the two-empire or two-superkingdom systems) A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota – single-cell organisms (the bacteria); once divided into the Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.

Synonyms

• (kingdom): Eubacteria

Hyponyms

• (kingdom): Negibacteria, Posibacteria - subkingdoms
  • Acidobacteria, Aquificae, Armatimonadetes, Bacteroidetes, Caldiserica, Chlamydiae, Chlorobi, Chrysiogenetes, Cyanobacteria, Deferribacteres, Deinococcus-Thermus, Dictyoglomi, Elusimicrobia, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Nitrospira, Planctomycetes, Proteobacteria, Spirochaetae, Synergistetes, Thermodesulfobacteria, Thermotogae, Verrucomicrobia - phyla in Negibacteria
  • Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Tenericutes - phyla in Posibacteria

Coordinate terms

• (kingdom in Prokaryota): Archaea

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Acidobacteria
• Actinobacteria
• Archaebacteria
• Bacteroidetes
• Cyanobacteria
• Deferribacteres
• Eubacteria
• Fibrobacteres
• Fusobacteria
• Omnibacteria
• Proteobacteria
• Thermodesulfobacteria

References

• Bacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bacteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bacteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bacteria at the Tree of Life Web Project